James Patterson has written or co-written many novels and "Bookshots" or novellas, and has co-written books with many authors. The list below separates the works into four main categories: fiction written for adults, for young adults and for children, and non-fiction.

Fiction written for adults

Novels

Cross series Alex Cross series: Along Came a Spider (1993), Boston: Little, Brown and Company Kiss the Girls (1995), Boston: Little, Brown and Company Jack and Jill (1996), Boston: Little, Brown and Company Cat and Mouse (1997), Boston: Little, Brown and Company Pop Goes the Weasel (1999), Boston: Little, Brown and Company Roses Are Red (2000), Boston: Little, Brown and Company Violets Are Blue (2001), Boston: Little, Brown and Company Four Blind Mice (2002), Boston: Little, Brown and Company The Big Bad Wolf (2003), Boston: Little, Brown and Company London Bridges (2004), New York: Little, Brown and Company Mary, Mary (2005), New York: Little, Brown and Company Cross, or Alex Cross (2006), New York: Little, Brown and Company Double Cross (2007), New York: Little, Brown and Company Cross Country (2008), New York: Little, Brown and Company Alex Cross's Trial (2009), with Richard DiLallo, New York: Little, Brown and Company I, Alex Cross (2009), New York: Little, Brown and Company Cross Fire (2010), New York: Little, Brown and Company Kill Alex Cross (2011), New York: Little, Brown and Company Merry Christmas, Alex Cross (2012), New York: Little, Brown and Company Alex Cross, Run (2013), New York: Little, Brown and Company Cross My Heart (2013), New York: Little, Brown and Company Hope to Die (2014), New York: Little, Brown and Company Cross Justice (2015), New York: Little, Brown and Company Cross the Line (2016), New York: Little, Brown and Company The People vs. Alex Cross (2017), New York: Little, Brown and Company Target: Alex Cross (2018), New York: Little, Brown and Company Criss Cross (2019), New York: Little, Brown and Company Deadly Cross (2020), New York: Little, Brown and Company Fear No Evil (2021), New York: Little, Brown and Company Triple Cross (2022), New York: Little, Brown and Company Cross Down (2023), New York: Little, Brown and Company Alex Cross Must Die (2024), New York: Little, Brown and Company The House of Cross (2024) Return of the Spider (2025) The Family Cross (2026) Others: "Action" (2014), with Brent Gargan, short story "Cross Kill" (2016), novella, New York: BookShots "Detective Cross" (2017), novella, New York: BookShots Ali Cross series: Ali Cross (2019) Ali Cross: Like Father Like Son (2021) Ali Cross: The Secret Detective (2022)

Travis McKinley series Miracle on the 17th Green (1996), with Peter de Jonge, Boston: Little, Brown and Company Miracle at Augusta (2015), with Peter de Jonge, New York: Little, Brown and Company Miracle at St. Andrews (2019), with Peter de Jonge, New York: Little, Brown and Company

When the Wind Blows series When the Wind Blows (1998), New York: Little, Brown and Company The Lake House (2003), New York: Little, Brown and Company

Women's Murder Club series 1st to Die (2001), Boston: Little, Brown and Company 2nd Chance (2002), with Andrew Gross, Boston: Little, Brown and Company 3rd Degree (2004), with Andrew Gross, New York: Little, Brown and Company 4th of July (2005), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company The 5th Horseman (2006), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company The 6th Target (2007), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company 7th Heaven (2008), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company The 8th Confession (2009), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company The 9th Judgment (2010), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company 10th Anniversary (2011), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company 11th Hour (2012), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company 12th of Never (2013), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company Unlucky 13 (2014), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company 14th Deadly Sin (2015), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company 15th Affair (2016), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company 15.5. "The Trial" (2016), with Maxine Paetro, novella, New York: Little, Brown and Company 16th Seduction (2017), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company 16.5. "The Medical Examiner" (2017), with Maxine Paetro, novella 17th Suspect (2018), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company 18th Abduction (2019), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company 19th Christmas (2019), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company 20th Victim (2020), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company 21st Birthday (2021), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company 22 Seconds (2022), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company The 23rd Midnight (2023), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company 23 1/2 Lies (2023), with Maxine Paetro, Andrew Bourelle, and Loren D. Estleman, New York: Little, Brown and Company The 24th Hour (2024), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company 25 Alive (2025), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company

Honeymoon series Honeymoon (2005), with Howard Roughan, New York: Little, Brown and Company Second Honeymoon (2013), with Howard Roughan, New York: Little, Brown and Company

Michael Bennett series Step on a Crack (2007), with Michael Ledwidge, New York: Little, Brown and Company Run for Your Life (2009), with Michael Ledwidge, New York: Little, Brown and Company Worst Case (2010), with Michael Ledwidge, New York: Little, Brown and Company Tick Tock (2011), with Michael Ledwidge, New York: Little, Brown and Company I, Michael Bennett (2012), with Michael Ledwidge, New York: Little, Brown and Company Gone (2013), with Michael Ledwidge, New York: Little, Brown and Company Burn (2014), with Michael Ledwidge, New York: Little, Brown and Company Alert (2015), with Michael Ledwidge, New York: Little, Brown and Company Bullseye (2016), with Michael Ledwidge, New York: Little, Brown and Company 9.5. "Chase" (2016), with Michael Ledwidge, novella Haunted (2017), with James O. Born, New York: Little, Brown and Company 10.5. "Manhunt" (2017), with James O. Born, novella Ambush (2018), with James O. Born, New York: Little, Brown and Company Blindside (2020), with James O. Born, New York: Little, Brown and Company The Russian (2021), with James O. Born, New York: Little, Brown and Company Shattered (2022), with James O. Born, New York: Little, Brown and Company Obsessed (2023), with James O. Born, New York: Little, Brown and Company Crosshairs (2024), with James O. Born, New York: Little, Brown and Company Paranoia (2025), with James O. Born, New York: Little, Brown and Company

Private series Private (2010), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company Private #1 Suspect (2012), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company Private Games (2012), with Mark T. Sullivan, New York: Little, Brown and Company Private London (2011), with Mark Pearson, New York: Grand Central Publishing Private Berlin (2013), with Mark T. Sullivan, New York: Little, Brown and Company Private L.A. (2013), with Mark T. Sullivan, New York: Little, Brown and Company Private: Oz, or Private Down Under (2012), with Michael White, New York: Grand Central Publishing Private India, or Private India: City on Fire (2014), with Ashwin Sanghi, New York: Grand Central Publishing Private Vegas (2015), with Maxine Paetro, New York: Little, Brown and Company Private Paris (2016), with Mark T. Sullivan, New York: Little, Brown and Company The Games: A Private Novel, or Private Rio (2016), with Mark T. Sullivan, New York: Little, Brown and Company Private: Missing, or Private Sydney (2016), with Kathryn Fox, New York: Grand Central Publishing 12.5. "Private Royals" (2016), with Rees Jones, novella, Bookshots Count to Ten: A Private Novel, or Private Delhi (2017), with Ashwin Sanghi 13.5. "Private Gold" (2017), with Jassy Mackenzie, novella Princess: A Private Novel, or Private Princess (2018), with Rees Jones, New York: Little, Brown and Company Private Moscow (2020), with Adam Hamdy, London: Century Missing Persons (2021), with Adam Hamdy, New York: Grand Central

Zoo series Zoo (2012), with Michael Ledwidge, New York: Little, Brown and Company 1.5. "Zoo 2" (2016), with Max DiLallo, novella

NYPD Red series NYPD Red (2012), with Marshall Karp, New York: Little, Brown and Company NYPD Red 2 (2014), with Marshall Karp, New York: Little, Brown and Company NYPD Red 3 (2015), with Marshall Karp, New York: Little, Brown and Company NYPD Red 4 (2016), with Marshall Karp, New York: Little, Brown and Company NYPD Red 5, or Red Alert (2018), with Marshall Karp, New York: Little, Brown and Company NYPD Red 6 (2020), with Marshall Karp, ISBN 978-1538703014

Invisible series Invisible (2014), with David Ellis, New York: Little, Brown and Company Unsolved (2019), with David Ellis

Detective Harriet Blue series 0.5. "Black & Blue" (2016), with Candice Fox, novella Never Never (2016), with Candice Fox, Boston: Little, Brown and Company Fifty Fifty (2017), with Candice Fox, Boston: Little, Brown and Company Liar Liar (2018), with Candice Fox, Boston: Little, Brown and Company Hush Hush (2019), with Candice Fox

David Shelley series 0.5. "Hunted" (2016), with Andrew Holmes, novella Revenge (2018), with Andrew Holmes, New York: Knopf & Little, Brown and Company

Caleb Rooney series 0.5. "Killer Chef" (2016), with Jeffrey J. Keyes, novella The Chef (2019), with Max DiLallo, New York: Little, Brown and Company

Crazy House series Crazy House (2017), with Gabrielle Charbonnet, Boston: Little, Brown and Company Fall of Crazy House (2018), with Gabrielle Charbonnet, Boston: Little, Brown and Company

Instinct series Murder Games, or Instinct (2017), with Howard Roughan, New York: Little, Brown and Company Killer Instinct (2019), with Howard Roughan Steal (2022), with Howard Roughan

Billy Harney series The Black Book (2017), with David Ellis, New York: Little, Brown and Company The Red Book (2021), with David Ellis, New York: Little, Brown and Company Escape (2022), with David Ellis, New York: Little, Brown and Company

Rory Yates series Texas Ranger (2018), with Andrew Bourelle, New York: Little, Brown and Company Texas Outlaw (2020), with Andrew Bourelle The Texas Murders (2025), with Andrew Bourelle

Amy Cornwall series Out of Sight or The Cornwalls are gone (2019), with Brendan DuBois Countdown (2023), with Brendan DuBois

Shadow series The Shadow (2021), with Brian Sitts, Grand Central Publishing Circle of Death (2023), with Brian Sitts, Grand Central Publishing

Two Sisters Detective Agency series 2 Sisters Detective Agency (2021), with Candice Fox, Little, Brown and Company 2 Sisters Murder Investigations: A Thriller (2025), with Candice Fox, Little, Brown and Company

Murder Runs in the Family series The House of Wolves (2023), with Mike Lupica, New York: Little, Brown and Company

Stand-alones The Thomas Berryman Number (1976), Boston: Little, Brown and Company Season of the Machete (1977), New York: Warner Books See How They Run, or The Jericho Commandment (1979), New York: Warner Books Virgin, or Cradle and All (1980), New York: McGraw Hill Black Market, or Black Friday (1986), New York: Simon and Schuster The Midnight Club (1989), Boston: Little, Brown and Company Hide & Seek (1996), Boston: Little, Brown and Company Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas (2001), Boston: Little, Brown and Company The Beach House (2002), with Peter de Jonge, Boston: Little, Brown and Company